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The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly artificial waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan; it separates Copper Island from the mainland. Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage Canal , Portage Lake Canal , Portage River , Lily Pond , Torch Lake , and Portage Lake .
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge [3]) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan.It crosses Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.
The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light is located at the offshore end of a breakwater extending southward from shore at the mouth of the Portage River. The structure consists of a timber crib foundation and concrete pier, on top of which is a single story concrete machine room, topped with a three-story octagonal steel tower with a circular ...
Portage River (Houghton County), the southern end of the Keweenaw Waterway Portage River (Jackson/Washtenaw counties), a tributary of the Grand River Portage River (Kalamazoo/St. Joseph counties), a tributary of the St. Joseph River
The Keweenaw Waterway Upper Entrance Light is a lighthouse located at the north end of the Portage River in McLain State Park in Hancock Township, Michigan. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
Keweenaw Waterway/Portage Canal Cuts Keweenaw Peninsula from Lake Superior to Keweenaw Bay: Houghton: January 19, 1957: Lake Linden Village Hall and Fire Station† 401 Calumet Street Lake Linden: December 15, 1994: Edward Lieblein House† 525 Quincy Street Hancock: June 15, 1979: John J. Michels House† 1121 East Houghton Avenue Houghton ...
The peninsula is bisected by the Keweenaw Waterway, a partly natural, partly artificial waterway serving as a canal. The north side of the canal is known locally as Copper Island . The cities of Houghton , the peninsula's largest population center, and Hancock , are located along the shores of the Keweenaw Waterway.
The Keweenaw Waterway is a partly natural, partly manmade waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Parts of the waterway are variously known as the Keweenaw Waterway, Portage Canal, Portage Lake Canal, Portage River, Lily Pond, and Portage Lake.